From HUB:
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As part of our ongoing work in Metro Vancouver communities – and our support for the Mayor’s Council vision and action plan for regional transportation – we developed a map of the region’s cycling network – here.
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- High level, broadly depicting routes and gaps, not specific streets
- Symbolic of work done to create & improve bike routes, and of work yet to be done
- A first step to addressing key issues with bike infrastructure across Metro Vancouver
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Do you have stories or videos of when you encountered a gap in the cycling network? We’d love to see them. Let us and other decision-makers in Metro Vancouver know – support #ungapthemap.
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There are similar campaigns for a #minimumgrid in Toronto and a “strategic grid” in Ottawa coinciding with municipal elections there.
A bit confused why Williams Road and Shell Road are missing from the Richmond section of the map.
None the less, great campaign.
I like the idea, but I think it should go further. I would add that bike lanes along Nelson and Smithe that connect to the Cambie Bridge as well as the planned link from the Cambie Bridge to Gastown on Beatty. I’m also not sure why Richards and Homer aren’t included
The Regional map was developed to illustrate key gaps between communities. From Vancouver out to UBC, the IWMB, the Stanley Park Causeway, and bridges across the Fraser, as well as access to these connectors within each community, are examples.
HUB local committees are working on gaps within their own communities. The Vancouver-UBC committee has heard from cyclists about Nelson and Smythe, about Kent Ave, about NW and SW Marine, and many others. If you have specific routes that you feel need attention, please send them in. Or contact a HUB local committee and ask if they are aware of the issue. Even better, consider attending a local committee meeting. All details on the HUB Cycling website.
Cool. Thanks for the info!
I think it would help if there was a larger version of the map available with actual street labels. That way we could see exactly where HUB thinks the good routes are and where they perceive gaps.
The grey routes don’t appear to line up with my knowledge of Vancouver cycling streets nor with those identified by Google Maps. That bright pink line out to UBC conflicts with the painted bike lanes on both University Blvd and 16th Avenue.
Great map showing holes today.